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Creating Storybook Albums Using Photoshop

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Instructor: LeAnn Angerman

A basic knowledge of Photoshop is preferred though detailed instructions are provided for each lesson. You will be provided with both written and video tutorials to keep with your course materials. This course will cover collaging, creating and using brushes, backgrounds, and textures, as well as using layer masks, creating tinted and duo-tone images, creating sloppy edges, creating and using your templates, and more! As an added bonus, every student will also receive 100 FREE Photoshop templates (a $50 Value) for 10 inch and smaller square albums just for attending this class!

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Posted in by Skill Level, Intermediate, by Software, Adobe, Photoshop CS3, by Software, Adobe, Photoshop CS4 | 3 Comments »

Introduction to Photoshop Two

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Instructor: Donna Sellinger

Adobe® Photoshop® is the industry standard image manipulation tool used for many tasks, from photo retouching to creating posters. One of the most versatile and powerful programs available to the designer, it is essential for a professional finish.

This is true not only because Photoshop is available on a wide array of platforms ranging from Mac to Windows to UNIX, but because after four generations of development, Adobe Photoshop has the most intuitive user interface, the most complete set of tools, and the largest number of reference books around.

We use Photoshop to color correct and sharpen scans. Photoshop gives us the ability to make great looking reproductions of not-so-great looking photographs. It lets us create whatever we want, from scratch and come out with amazing results.

The Intermediate class is designed to continue from the Beginning class and introduce you to more of the wonderful things you can do with this program. Armed with the knowledge of how the program works, you can now put that to use with more advanced skills.

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Introduction to Photoshop One

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Instructor: Donna Sellinger

Adobe® Photoshop® is the industry standard image manipulation tool used for many tasks, from photo retouching to creating posters. One of the most versatile and powerful programs available to the designer, it is essential for a professional finish.

This is true not only because Photoshop is available on a wide array of platforms ranging from Mac to Windows to UNIX, but because after four generations of development, Adobe Photoshop has the most intuitive user interface, the most complete set of tools, and the largest number of reference books around.

Photoshop is widely used to color correct and sharpen scans. It gives us the ability to make great looking reproductions of not-so-great looking photographs and even to repair badly damaged photos. It lets us create whatever we want, from scratch and come out with amazing results.

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Posted in by Skill Level, Beginner, by Software, Adobe, Photoshop CS3, by Software, Adobe, Photoshop CS4 | No Comments »

Digital Print Embellishment

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Instructor: Anne Carter-Hargrove

One of the fastest growing movements in the digital art world is the embellishment of digital prints, using acrylic gels and paints. Embellishment can add a new dimension to your artwork, combining some of the techniques of traditional art with a digital print. In the Digital Print Embellishment Course, you will learn how to turn your digital print into a one of a kind work of art with added texture and color. You will see what a difference adding painted highlights, coloring shadows, or simply adding texture with gels can make.

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Posted in by Skill Level, Beginner, Self-Study, Instructor Moderated, Self-Study | 2 Comments »

Scan Your Garden en Plein Air

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Instructor: Patri Feher

This is an advanced class focused on setting up an outdoor scanning studio. When capturing garden specimens outside in the open air the sun creates backlighting. Instead of a studio black background the background will be blue (on an uncloudy blue sky day), and varying shades of gray-blue to indigo as the sun sets. A cloudy day will produce a white, light gray or even pink background. Around noon the specimens are rendered with translucency- later on in the day the opacity is restored. The effects possible include delicate, watercolor-like captures and organic abstractions that appear more like paintings than photography- entirely in-scanner, without Photoshop manipulation!

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Posted in by Skill Level, Advanced, Self-Study, Instructor Moderated, Self-Study | 1 Comment »

Scan Your Garden: Introduction

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Instructor: Patri Feher

Your ordinary flatbed scanner is a camera with a macro lens! It will allow you to make sensual “Georgia O’Keeffeesque” visions of living specimens at a resolution so high that the 1:1 life size image can be enlarged to fill an oversize canvas. Use your full color or monochrome digitized scan as a “photo realistic” composition or as the source image for an enhanced interpretation or as a study for impressionistic painting or a scientific botanical illustration.

This workshop focuses on capturing the most challenging three-dimensional subject matter- living botanical specimens. Scan them individually or as a “bouquet” in natural poses. While scanning a daisy is a no-brainer, try a German Iris, a Casablanca lily or a complex arrangement of multiple stems!

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Corel Painter: Beyond the Basics

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Instructor: Skip Allen

This course is designed as a follow-up to Introduction to Painter 11, Part One, The Basic. The participants will continue to experience Corel Painter’s ingenious drawing tools, realistic brushes and customizable features at a much deeper level. At least one work will be created each week designed to utilize new information presented. The complete course will be presented in three parts. Conceptually, the next two parts will address all menu functions available in Painter.

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Posted in by Skill Level, Intermediate, by Software, Corel, Painter 11 | 2 Comments »

Introduction to Corel Painter 11

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Instructor: Skip Allen

Digital Art Academy is offering a one time special enrollment fee of just $32 for Introduction to Painter! Don’t miss your chance to learn from the very best. Introduction to Painter is a Corel® Training Partner class.

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Posted in by Skill Level, Beginner, by Software, Corel, Painter 11 | 5 Comments »

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